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FinTech in Focus - August 20, 2018
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As a destination for direct foreign investment, China is rising— and the U.S. is falling Milken Institute ranks attractiveness for investment in 98 countries
LOS ANGELES— Foreign direct investment (FDI) has never been more important in catalyzing growth, whe
ther in the developed or developing world. It now accounts for 11 percent of global GDP and more than 80 million jobs worldwide.
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More countries adopting good governance, international reporting standards policies, raising scores in Opacity Index released by Milken Institute, U.S. Falls in Rankings
LOS ANGELES — Investors looking for a positive trend in the global markets have some good news: wide
spread adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards has increased financial transparency and lowered risk for investors, as measured by the
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New Milken Institute report finds film and TV production flight has cost California more than 36,000 jobs
LOS ANGELES — California has lost 10,600 entertainment industry jobs, more than 25,500 related jobs,
$2.4 billion in wages and $4.2 billion in total economic output since 1997 as film and TV production has moved to other states and countries, according
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Distinguished economists propose to return private capital to housing finance, in the latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES -- Ellen Seidman (Urban Institute), Phillip Swagel (Milken Institute), Sarah Rosen Warte
ll (Urban Institute) and Mark Zandi (Moody's Analytics) offer a sweeping plan for rebooting America's housing finance system in the new issue of The Milk
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MAD Indicator shows increasing reliance on equity capital financing among Chinese companies
NEW YORK/SHANGHAI, February 1, 2007 - Xinhua Finance and Milken Institute today released updated val
ues for the Market Adjusted Debt (MAD) Indicator for the second and third quarters of 2006, both of which dropped from the first quarter 2006 and were lo
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New Milken Institute report identifies market tools to safeguard biodiversity in Israel -- and elsewhere
Critical factor: finding market value of ecosystems to determine which policy and financial interven
tions can work
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Flat World = Fat World?
Milken Institute study probes link between "screen time" and rising obesity rates across the world
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Hong Kong, U.K., U.S. again top Milken Institute Capital Access Index, the Annual Ranking of Global Capital Market Openness
LOS ANGELES — Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States remain the top-ranked countries on
the Milken Institute′s annual Capital Access Index, an annual ranking of the openness and efficiency of capital markets worldwide.
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Hong Kong Recaptures Top Spot in Milken Institute Capital Access Index
LOS ANGELES — If access to capital is the key to a thriving business sector, then the strongest regi
on in the world today is Hong Kong, the leader on the 2006 Milken Institute Capital Access Index.
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Canada tops Milken Institute Capital Access Index again
LOS ANGELES — For the second year in a row, Canada leads the Milken Institute Capital Access Index,
an annual ranking of entrepreneurial access to capital around the world.
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Hong Kong, the Netherlands and United Kingdom Top 2004 Milken Institute Capital Access Index; U.S. Drops to 6th; Gap Between "Have" and "Have-Not" Nations Widens
LOS ANGELES — The gap between "have" and "have not" countries widened dramatically last year, creati
ng a dangerous vulnerability for global economic recovery, according to the 2004 Milken Institute Capital Access Index.
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